Improvement in weather-strips



T. G. PLATE. WEATHER-STRIP. No.178,077. Patented m 30,1876,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THEODORE G. PLATE, OF HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

' IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER-STRIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,077, dated May 30, 1876; application filed April 18, 1876.

it consists of the said strip suspended from a striking-rod by toggle-jointed bars, which are made to thrust the strip down by endwise movement of the rod, which is caused by contact ot' the end of the rod with the jamb. It also consists of an adjustable screw-stud in the jamb, to be screwed out and in to regulate the movement of the strip, so as to insure its closing properly. It also consists of a novel arrangement of the springs, and also of the manner of supporting and grinding the striking-rod.

Figurel is asection of the door and jamb, the door being closed and the stop down. Fig. 2 is a section of the door and side elevationof the jamb, the door being open and the stop raised. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the door.

, Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. A is the stop or weather-strip, having a rubber strip, B, in the lower edge, for compressing against the threshold, said strip being sus pended on the bars 0, which are pivoted to corresponding bars D, pivoted to the door E. The bars 0 and D are pivoted to other bars, F, which are jointed to the striking-rod G, one end of which strikes the stud; H in the jamb I when the door closes, and presses the strip A down by expanding the system of jointed bars. J represents the springs, which are connected at the middle to the rod G, and at their ends are connected to "the door and the strip, respectively, so as to raise the strip and shift the rod back when the door opens. screws in the jainb, for attaching it, and for adjusting it out and in to regulate the movement of the strip. The bar has slots K, by which it is supported and guided on the pivotpins L, by which the bars 0 and D are pivoted together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- 1.- The combination of the bars 0, D, and F with the door E, strip A, and the striking-rod G, substantially as specified.

2. The springs J, connected to the door E, strip A, and the striking-rod G, substantially as specified.

3. The striking-rod G, having slots K, in

THEODORE GUSTAVE PLATE.

Witnesses:

H. W. SWAYZE, THos. DUNN.

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